Vedic Reflections - Shri VishnusahasranAmam (Stanza 28)
The 28th stanzas most important name is vardhamAnah although the prime stress is on the word vrsh which is interchangeably used as a verb (to rain) and noun (Dharma)
vrshAhi vrshabho vishnurvrshaparvA vrshodarah
vardhanO vardhamAnasva viviktah srutisAgarah
वृषाही वृषभो विष्णुर्विषपर्वा वृषोदरः |
वर्धनो वर्धमानश्व विविक्तः श्रुतिसागरः ||
vrshAhi
The One who is equivalent to Dharma
vrshabhah
The One showers His grace on His devotees, vrs (वृष) means to rain
vishnuh
The One who transcends everything
vrshaparvA
The One who provides the steps (parvA) to dharma (vrsha)
vrshodarah
The One who rains (vrsh) creations from his womb/navel (udarah)
vardhanah
The One who increments everything
vardhamAnah
The One who is ever increasing, ever growing. This can be scientifically inferred as the ever expanding form of the universe (since the Big Bang). It is touted by Scientists and men of Science all around the world that the universe burst out from a highly concentrated dark matter and since then has been expanding. Like in earlier Stanzas where the Lord had been termed as the One who can't be created or destroyed etc point to a similar stock of energy
Strikingly, the founder Jainism mahavira's name was also vardhamAn. Most probably named after THE LORD Himself
viviktah
The One who unique from everything else
srutisAgarah
The One who is the ocean of srutis or vedas
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